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Capstone - Film Portfolio

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Capstone - Dunda on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 10:55 pm
​http://hizeus.portfoliobox.me/portfolio

Abstract
Since sophomore year, I've been exploring the art of cinematography. This year, I wanted to explore even further and make a variety of different films that could showcase my skills and progress through in film. In order to start off my career in film, I decided to create a film portfolio documenting films I've worked on during my senior year. I've also included writing samples from scripts that I have worked on, and also a little artist statement to go along with each video. This portfolio will work as a base for my future endeavors as I venture into the real world.

Bibliography

"Cinematography.com - Community, Education, News and Resources for Cinematographers." Cinematography.com - Community, Education, News and Resources for Cinematographers. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.cinematography.com/>.

Hess, John P.. "FilmmakerIQ.com." FilmmakerIQ.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://filmmakeriq.com/>.

"IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities." IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.imdb.com/>.

"Revision3 > Film Riot." Revision3: The Best TV Shows on the Internet. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://revision3.com/filmriot>.

"The DSLR Cinematography Guide - NoFilmSchool." NoFilmSchool. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://nofilmschool.com/dslr/>.

"VIDEO COPILOT | After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins and Stock Footage for Post Production Professionals." VIDEO COPILOT | After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins and Stock Footage for Post Production Professionals. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/>.

Vineyard, Jeremy, and José Cruz. Setting up your shots: great camera moves every filmmaker should know. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 1999. Print.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. McElhenney, Rob, Glenn Howerton Howerton, Charlie Day, Michael Rotenberg, Nick Frenkel, and Tom LoFaro. FX. 2005. Television.

Seinfeld. David, Larry, Benjamin Scott, Howard West, George Shapiro, Andrew Scheinman, Jerry Seinfeld, Alec Berg, and Jeff Schaffer. NBC. 1989. Television.

Daniels, Greg, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Paul Lieberstein, Jennifer Celotta, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, Brent Forrester, and Dan Sterling, prods. The Office. NBC. NBC, 24 Mar. 2005. Television.

Michaels, Lorne, prod. Saturday Night Live. Dir. Don R. King. NBC. NBC, 11 Oct. 1975. Television.

Brown, Sam, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Darren Trumeter, and Timmy Williams, prods. The Whitest Kids U' Know. AMC. Fuse, 20 Mar. 2007. Television.

Clement, Jermaine, and Bret McKenzie. Flight of The Concords. Flight of The Concords. Mickey Petralia, 2008. CD.

Red Vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth. N.d. Roosterteeth.com. 01 Apr. 2003. Web. <http://roosterteeth.com/>.

Foster, Gary, Russ Krasnoff, Dan Harmon, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Neil Goldman, and Garrett Donovan, prods. Community. NBC. NBC, 17 Sept. 2007. Television.


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Advertising - Globalization BM

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Globalization - Herman on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Website
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Jjimenez - Israel Media House

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Globalization - Herman on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Wix
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Jesús Jiménez - Israel

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Globalization - Herman on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Work Document

MDG Week 1

MDG Week 2
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Jesus makes Cow Tongue.

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Science and Society - Best on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Cow Tongue

Ingredients
Bay Leaf (Approx. 3 leaves)
Water
Cow Tongue (1 tongue cut up into 3-4 pieces)
Whole Pepper (1 or 2 balls)
1/2 an Onion
1 Garic clove
Salt (3 spoonfuls*)
Dried Cloves (3-4 cloves)

Materials

1 Saucepan or Pot

*A spoon you eat cereal with.

Step 1.
 Put water in a large sauce pan or pot, filling it half way. Add Salt, Dried Cloves, Bay leaves, and Whole Pepper.

Step 2.
 Cut and peel an onion in half and peel the garlic. Add half of an onion and a whole garlic into the water.

Step 3.
Add the pieces of the tongue into the saucepan or pot with the rest of the ingredients.

Step 4.
Let the water boil, occasionally add water in case if some evaporates. Stir occasionally. Wait 3 hours.

Step 5.
Remove tongue and carefully remove the surface skin on the tongue. Slice and serve as liked.

Analysis

Cow tongue is not only a Mexican dish, but is also prepared in different parts of the world like Asia and some countries in Europe and South America. While the tongue is probably processed in with the rest of a cow in a slaughterhouse, the kind my family buys from a Mexican grocery store doesn't have a label. We would have to ask the delivery man that brings them their meat. The rest of the ingredients are seasonings and condiments. Most of them are MCcormick brand condiments, while other things like the onion, garlic, and bay leaves are probably grown in a farm with chemical pesticides. We don't buy local.

Other than that, the tongue itself has a high in saturated fats and cholesterol, but low in sodium, sugars, and high in vitamin B12. This is the tongue itself, prepared. It might be served plain like this, but you can definitely change it up by adding your own ingredients. Depending on how much tongue you buy, this can be a rather cheap meal. You're looking at maybe less than $15 if you plan to make some for yourself (there might even be leftovers).

This money goes towards the farmers of the various ingredients like pepper, onions, garlic, and bay leaf. Salt is either mined or dug up from various places in the world, so some of the money goes to salt distributors, and of course, you just gave money to the beef industry. Congratulations on contributing to one of the, if not, the biggest meat industry in the country.

While the dish was probably made from my grandmother, it's very likely that she got her ingredients from local farmers. While previously visiting my grandparents a few years ago, I got to experience a market that is a hybrid of both commercial and farmer developed products. Back in her day, it's likely that there were more farmers and as food became more of a business practice, more commercial stores began to show up.

​Personal Reflection

Just like the classic carnival games, the food industry is rigged in one way or another. Lately, corporations and investors have been practicing different methods of creating "cash cows" (ha ha, pun!) from different aspects of human life. Food is one of the biggest industry, and if you ask your Grandma or Grandpa, things were different then! Food used to be traditional and farmers were farmers, not scientists. Now it's a business.

The way the rest of the consumers and I can change this, is by investing more in locally grown food. Sure not everyone is going to go out of their way to do this, but at least research what you eat. Information is key here. Knowing what you eat, and not just accepting it for what it is makes you a healthy eater. That is how this whole system can change.


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Jjimenez - Supreme Courty Case Study

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 5:49 am
​http://supremecourtstudy2013.wordpress.com/
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Jjimenez AmeriGov Bmark2

Posted by Jesus Jimenez on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 8:52 am
​DOC
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Jesus, Allen, and Pauline. - Germany -

Posted by Jesus Jimenez on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 7:52 pm
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Jesus's SL&Juno Project

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Sexuality and Society in Literature - Dunn on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 8:32 pm
​Reflection

If anyone is interested in actually reading the lyric analysis for each song, here's the doc.

Analyses for Songs



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The Shining - Film analysis

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video -Senior - Herman on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 10:11 am
​Analysis
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Sexually Assaulted Males

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 6:25 pm

American Government PSA from Jesús Jiménez on Vimeo.

Doc

Our Petition.
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Jesus's Philly Film Review.

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video -Senior - Herman on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 5:42 pm
"​Gimmie the Loot!" review.
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Measuring Media

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 2:34 pm
​Link to Doc
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Jjimenez - Training Day Review

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video -Senior - Herman on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm
​Review

I think I had too much to say.
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Cartoon Analysis

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 9:24 am
Google Doc Here.




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Patriot Act Response

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 11:22 am
The Patriot Act causes quite an amount of debate that questions the priority of national security over the privacy of the American people. While keeping the country safe from terrorists should be a top priority, many people feel uncomfortable that the people that are keeping them safe, are the same ones that could potentially bug their houses.

Honestly, I don't believe that the average American would enjoy being spied on, yet the Patriot Act justifies it by mentioning that it'll pick out all the bad apples from our populous. But how? Under what assumption? Sure, there are judges to go through. Agents themselves are also required to provide reasonable evidence before any “bugging” can begin. Surely, we can trust our fellow government workers to decide who gets to be followed and who doesn't. Can we not?

Before freaking out and checking your walls for microphones, cameras and other things of the sort, let's understand what kind of people are the ones being tracked. Who the Patriot Act follows isn't common people like you and I. The average American isn't going to be followed, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or religion. Tourists, suspects, and other people that are actively moving in and out of the country are possible victims of the Patriot Act. The law is dedicated to keeping surveillance over sketchy and dishonest characters, and preventing them from possibly committing a dangerous crime that could breach the security of this country.

My personal opinion on the matter is that we still need the Patriot Act. I don't agree with the out government spying on people, especially using suspicion as a way to track down potential terrorists. But, like any good parent that wants the best for their children, they'll do what is necessary to protect their children (let's hope). Citizens of this country shouldn't be alarmed, this so-called “spying” isn't anything new. It has been going on for years. And as long as you feel comfortable living the life you currently are living, I'd say don't worry about the government or the Patriot Act. It's for the best.

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Jess Jimnez - EotS

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American Government - Herman on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 8:42 pm
First of all, I thought the film was brilliant. It made me feel uneasy at first, realizing that all of this is actually possible in today's world. I also found it awesome that this is an actual job, it could be interesting getting all this information, but at the same time scary because you are breaching someone's privacy.

The way the government is portrayed in the film is as if agencies are kind of separated. Like it seemed that the FBI didn't care about going after NSA even if they were government officials. I found this interesting because it meant that while some people actually would interfere with another agency/branch if they were doing something wrong. In a way, similar to how the President can veto a bill if he/she thinks it's unjust. So maybe a system of checks and balances comes into play?

Would I allow the government to spy on me? Hell no. Can I stop them? I'm not sure how to do that. We can't get our own guys to sweep for bugs around our homes. We're all being watched some ways or another. But does it affect me personally? Nope. The NSA could be reading this right now. They could have like 10 agents on me RIGHT NOW. I may not be able to finish this because I might "know too much". I'm not okay with the government surveilling us, but I can't do anything to stop it. That's the point I'm making.

I guess in a way, we're all subject to what our governments do to us by wanting to live in this country.
Tags: AmerGovt, EnemyState, BlogPost1
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Jess Jimnez - 9/11 Short Film Response

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video -Senior - Herman on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 5:23 pm
When I watched Sean Penn's video I've aready expected everything. After watching it two other times, it still remains one of my favorite short films. The way the man in the film lives on with his life even after his wife's death, tells quite a story. I still find it interesting that 9/11 was the date when he finally found out the reality about his life and if it never happened, he'd still be in denial. Also, the contrast between his public appearance, and his home appearance was interesting. In public, he was this old man who looked somewhat decent. You knew nothing about him, you'd think he was normal. But at home, he was this lunatic (to some), who couldn't move on from his spouse's death. Overall, I think Sean Penn did a very good job over all expressing indirect loss (loss that maybe wasn't from the towers collapsing), especially with this humble old man that just wanted to enjoy the rest of his life with his wife alive.

The french director's film was interesting as well. Maybe because I didn't feel like it was a 'silent' film, rather we were experiencing the story through the woman, who was both deaf and mute. We only heard what she could hear, and say what she would say. The few seconds of the phone call with the woman's partner helped foreshadow the events that were going to happen, and what possible outcomes could happen. The rest went on to being through the life of the deaf woman. Who was a unique way of telling a story.

Tags: RoughCut, Sept11, BlogPost1
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Density of Liquids - 10%

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Physics - Echols on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 7:40 am
I had an example of liquids stacked on top of one another, but SEPTA kind of mixed them together. The emulsifiers worked well. The cup had (in order): Honey, Dish Soap, Water, Oil.

I made a keynote too.
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Jjimenez History Benchmark

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 5:36 pm
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Jesus Jimenez Quarter 4

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 1:13 pm
(Edit: I uploaded the pictures at a certain angle, yet they keep uploading upside down or on the side.)

This quarter, I focused more on finding my drawing style. I usually copy by sight, and I got tired of that. So I decided to go on a quest to make my own original art and find my style. I started out doodling, and the first drawing is of a video game character. It was a sketch I did, and eventually in the following weeks, I used Indian ink to do line art on it. I also shaded using the ink which was a risk because I had no idea how to shade.

I tried going as abstract as possible with my abstract motion drawing. I was inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, since he goes fast and all. You can primarily see the influence on the checkered road. All I used was pencil, and was proud of it because I filled the page.

The following 4 drawings were done at school and at home. It was a character I was making or was stuck in my head for a while. I had no idea what to call her, so she ended up being the "Girl with green hair and brown hat". It never caught on, I never colored her in and didn't continue drawing her.

The next drawing is another character from some show I decided to draw. The inks worked wonders, and it really brought out the color. I was proud of this because it was my first time using the inks, and it made the sketch look really nice. I wish I could've done the whole body, but I really use a lot of space when sketching.

Last drawing is a character I made named Nikki. I made a series of sketches of her head, that I never showed. One is in my math book, the others are at home. She's a pretty rude person (which is awesome because I know how to draw her since I know what kind of person she would be and what she would be doing. I was proud of this one also because I designed the character, sketched it, and inked it. I gave up on the hands, because I still need practice. On the picture, you can see that there are some hands sketched on her. I'm still trying.

Last picture is a hat I want to make for a video game. I used blender (a 3D modeling tool) to make it from scratch, I'm still making it. I need to make the textures still and submit it. Hope it gets done! This was my second attempt at 3D modeling, I learned a bit.
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Theory of Evolution - Aja and Jésus

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Physics - Echols on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 7:16 pm

Something things that have been tested or experimented happened with Darwin and his exploration. He began this world known theory when he started to explore how different genes work and the processes in which they create new life forms.

One popular experiment/observation was Darwin’s Finches. New species of finches in the Galapagos Islands sprung around area, with different beaks and characteristics. He was intrigued by this discovery and only aided to develop the modern theory of evolution. What made the finches so interesting was that they basically evolved to depending on what food they need in a certain area. From bugs, to leaves, to seeds, these were the foods different finches ate. And believe it or not, they each needed different beaks for them.

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The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and humans appeared within the last-2 million years. Microorganisms appeared first - 3.4 million years ago. The plants of the land appeared about 400 million years ago and it was about 225 million years ago when mammals and dinosaurs walked the earth. Which evolves into the topic of Natural selection which acts upon the mutation that are inherited from one generation to the next. Out of all the type of  genes there are only the genes in the sperm cell will get passed on to the future generations. Thus causing any potential alter to the configuration of any population. Enabling us to keep track of how things change over time, which is what we call Evolution.


Sample Questions


1. In what ways would an animal that eats earthworms with its beak evolve to eat berries off a tree?
a. It’s beak would get smaller for more precise grabbing.
b. They will change color to resemble a tree.
c. Their claws will be able to cling on trees.
d. Nothing will change.

2. An animal that lived in water and adapted to live on land, would most likely be a:
a. amphibian
b. invertebrate  
c. Cold - blooded
d. Reptiles

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Q3 - Jesus Jimenez - ART

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 9:10 am
For this quarter in art class, we focused a lot on different colors and shading, also a bit of detail. Out of this quarter I did the small self-portrait, and had to look at myself for quite a while. Then I had to work with my pencil and look at myself and the paper at the same time. I decided go draw lightly first. For the color wheel, I wanted to be careful. First I separated each color into a section each. Then I carefully mixed the colors in between so they could all blend. I got some cool colors yellow and green. Green yellow as such. Textures were interesting because I had to change styles quickly. I switched the position my hand and did other adjustments just to adjust to the style of drawing required the texture.

The shading practicing turned out to be helpful, other than swiping my pencil left and right, I never really focused on shading. I figure I need more help with that. For my 3rd quarter, I practiced different techniques. I had to step out of my comfort zone once again.
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Process Paper - Jesus Jimenez

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in English 3 - Pahomov on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Of the time I was present with my group, I was able to do a few things with them regarding the project regarding government corruption. Over the weekend, I started thinking of ideas, and writing the script for the video the rest of the group is going to create. I was aiming for something that would put the viewer to think, to ponder about who they are really voting for. I took a real serious approach to the project, but then figured it wasn't going to captivate people. The group wanted a video that would be both fun to make and fun to show. After the rough draft was done, Monday I spend time with the rest of the group, throwing ideas back and forth and seeing example ads politicians use to get themselves out there (some of the ads we saw were pretty bizzare). The newer script started to be written at that point. We all had an input into the script and contained some essance of each of its group members. On Tuesday, I wrote with Dylan once more and we made a final design for the video, which we also decided wasn't going to specifically be and ad. We just want to inform people about who they're voting for, and also to keep in mind that voting also requires a little research. Corrupt polititcians are there because we put them there. They didn't magically appear. Unfortunately, I had to leave my group a few days early. But I feel assured that with the basic plan we made with the script and our time together, our campaign video is going to fall into place nicely. 
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Sammy, Tucker, Steven, Jesús - Who are Syria's allies?

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 6:10 pm
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Technology and Humans

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in English 3 - Pahomov on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:28 pm
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The guys dressed in robots are the band "The Flight of The Concords", if you were wondering.
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Quarter 2 Art

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 1:01 pm
During this exciting quarter of art class, I decided to get as creative as possible with pictures. But first, I'll talk about my "clear drawing" and "copy a master" assignment.
My clear drawing was of a glass from Senior Prom last year, I liked how the letters turned out, they turned out better than expected. I wish it was straighter though, it was a bit crooked.
I continued with Omar Dogan, I copied him last year as well. I decided to go with something simplistic, yet with a feeling. The girl in the picture doesn't have a name as far as I know, but she has a really determined face. I liked how her body turned out, and wish I could improve on the face. That is an area I struggle with.

As for the pictures, it was good to walk around and take pictures of random views, then imagining what could happen in that specific area.

Finally, my hat. My duct tape hat. It's made of poster board and duct tape. Poster board for the structure, and duct tape to hold it together. I only wish I made the base bigger, and the hat actually wearable.
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Jesus and Aja

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:47 am
​http://slacubanrevolution12.blogspot.com/
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Art in the Open 2011

Posted by Jesus Jimenez on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 1:35 pm
This is from last year's Art in the Open with Leah Stein Dance Company in collaboration with both of Mr. Block's sophomore class.
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Preemption (Used to be Prevention)

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Matt Rinaldi, Steven Webb, and Jesús Jimenez
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Jesús, Matt, and Nate

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 9:53 am
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Our blog about the people we interviewed at the Italian Market.
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What I did on 10/27 for art.

Posted by Jesus Jimenez on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I worked on my physics benchmark in the library. Study hall.
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Clear Object Drawing

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:57 pm
​In this drawing, I really wanted to show the lines that actually formed the cup. I noticed how when you see something clear, it basically shows you the edges and everything (including the edges on the inside). That is what I tried to accomplished.

Materials I used for this were just a plain old pencil, paper, and charcoal. I tried to do some shading, but was confused on where to actually shade, since I didn't really see shadows. At least, I didn't think they were shadows, they were more link glossy areas after the edges.
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Figure Drawing

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:52 am
Here are two pictures of the figure drawing.

The first one is from the 2nd day or so, the last one is from the final day.
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American Photo

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in American History - Herman on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 5:08 pm
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Jesus Jimenez - Humanities Portfolio 2011

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in English 2 - Block on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:36 pm
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General Understanding
The world is an unfair place. It's our duty as citizens of this planet to try to do the best to make it fair for everyone. (The beginning of the year)


I have many beautiful memories of this past year. My knowledge of the world has not only expanded, but my views of what goes on in planet Earth have changed as well. During my year in both English 2 and World History, I was introduced to many subjects that I could’ve ignored if it wasn’t for school. One of them was inequality. Inequality is defined by Dictionary.com to be a “Difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.;”. I find this to be an accurate definition for the world we currently live in. An Op-Ed I wrote earlier in the year has a lot of the points I thought to be very important when pitching ideas to make the world a more equal place. 
    Here’s one quote from that Op-Ed: “We could go for a social-political view like Marxism or such, that can give the people actual power in their government. Many of them are possible solutions to inequality in the world. Too many beliefs and righteousness is in jeopardy for other people for them to agree with this.”
    A year ago I couldn’t see myself writing about things like this. After reading through some of my stuff from this year, I can’t help but think that some of the reason the world is like this is my fault. I try to be the best person I can possibly be. When there are moments in life where I think I did something wrong or unacceptable, I usually try to fix it. But things like this, that affect the world or a society, I want to take the blame for it because I’m not doing anything at all. I could be making a change in the world or have an interest in something. 
    A few more things, the 2010 - 2011 school year has been an excellent one for me. I have not only grown in age, but in experience. Experiences from opportunities given to me from events, work, and especially people. "We have to be simple minded when it comes to changing personalities slightly. Think too much, and we might change the character completely." this quote is from my Literary Lenses Explanation. We took the book: “Their Eyes were Watching God”, and looked at it through different views (Feminism, Marxism, etc.).

The biggest message I took away from this year's classes was that there will always be inequality in the world. Yes, we can try to make it a better place and all that stuff, but there will always be an opposition with it's followers going against the point that both you and I know is right. Then I learned another thing, just because I'm just one person doesn't mean I should stop doing something I know is right. Many people in history have done magnificent things on their own and with the support of people. I'm positive I'll be one of them one day, if something ever comes up in the world that I strongly disagree with, I will make my voice be heard. Not only that but I would've been part of something way bigger, and that's how you fight something bigger. You fight it with support and numbers (amounts of people). 

​Sweat shop trail response
Gary Soto - Poet Analysis
Op-ed - Fairness of the world
Language Autobiography
Lord of the Flies in Society

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Jesus Jimenez - Q4 outside drawing

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 7:51 am
This is my drawing of an outside scene.
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Sculpture - Jesus Jimenez

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 6:53 pm
I made a sandwich and a banana.
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Q4 Artwork Replica of a Famous Artist - Jesus Jimenez

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 7:30 am
I tried to do "Starry Night" by Van Gogh
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Jesus Jimenez Quarter 4

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 10:16 am
Before and afters of pictures I took!
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Who's world is this? - By Jesus Jimenez

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in World History - Block on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 1:51 pm
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Characters

 

Charles - A host of a late night talk show. He’s a male in his 40s, mild-mannered, funny, knows when to be serious about things.

 

Ellen - A young 15-year-old girl living in Arizona. She has a rebellious mind and talks to her stuffed bear.

 

Subcomandante Marcos – Spokesman for the Zapatista. He is a rebel and a philosopher; he fights for the rights of the indigenous people in México.

 

Javier Garcia – Mayor of the fictional city of Monte Negro. He is a man with power and is disgusted with the rebels in his city. He has a soft side for his family.

 

Inez – A young indigenous girl in Chiapas, she talks with her doll when she wants to understand something.

 

ACT 1 – Scene 1

 

(Charles enters stage, fixes himself up while looking and the audience. He begins to talk to them in a friendly, yet assertive voice.)

 

CHARLES
Hey everybody! How has your day been? ... Well, today I was on CNN and you know, I started looking through the news... I read this article that my friend sent me, it was about the prime minister of India. He’s been accused of scamming around $31 billion dollars from India’s treasury. Anyway Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he’s innocent, and it got me thinking.
   Don’t we hear about things like this all the time? I mean, it’s either companies or governments that always do this kind of crap. Now, I’m not blaming the prime minister for what he might have done, but the average person has developed this... thought, a thought about governments and companies having control over humans like you and me. It makes people seem insignificant.

 

(Looks down at the floor to ponder a moment, start looking up as he starts talking again)

 

Here’s another thing I want to say: People don’t stand up for themselves!

 

(He starts talking more aggressively)

 

If people fought united for a cause, anything, I bet they would achieve their goal and it would benefit mankind. You might be saying “Well Charles, aren’t there organizations trying to benefit mankind already?” Yeah, but I’m not talking about getting a signature from a lazy citizen who sits on their ass all day, supporting a kid in Africa by sending monthly payments.

 

(He talks a bit more calmly, with a sentimental feeling)

 

That’s not help, that’s financial aid!
   There are some people who stand up for themselves... um....

 

(He does a hand motion as if he was remembering something)

 

The Zapatista! Who knows about them? ... A few of you might...

(He looks away from the camera)

Do we have any pictures of a Zapatista?

(A picture of a margarita appears for the audience)


No! A Zap-A-Ti-STA! Not a Margarita!

(Picture of Subcomandante Marcos appears for the audience)

Anyway for those who don’t know, the Zapatista are revolutionaries, doesn’t mean they go shooting up every other place they go to... they only use their guns for self-defense. * They’ve never attacked first. Their goal is basically make it a fair game, not only for the indigenous people they’re helping, but also for all of Mexico. The indigenous people they’re helping have the same trouble as many indigenous people in any country, adapting to the new world. Just like when your mother-in-law moves in with you...

 

(Shrugs)

 

It’s tough! I’d start a revolution too, if she ever came back!

 

(Shakes fist in the air)
 
Anyway, Corporations and governments take away their land, and indigenous people have a hard time being looked at equally compared to the modern new world citizen.

Going back to 1994,NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was made to make a free trade system with Mexico, Canada and the United States. It was a great way to get Canadian bacon to your local Denny’s.

 

(He gets closer to the audience/camera and whispers)

 

It’s HAM!

 

(Goes back to original position and resumes monologue)

 

But seriously folks, NAFTA came with its downsides. NAFTA actually ended up abolishing Article 27, section 7 of the Mexican constitution, which had the indigenous people’s land no longer protected by the law.

(Looks at audience with a serious look.)

Don’t you hate it things like that happen? Talk about a buzz kill... It feels like finding out you wet your nice clean bed the day you just cleaned your sheets by yourself. For most of you that was after you left moms house right?

 

(He squints and points to a random adult in the audience)

 

Yes, I’m talking about you!

Anyway back to the subject that’s one of the many reasons the Zapatista want fight for their cause. It’s funny... In other parts of the world, there are people that would want to have a modern revolution in order to help people and change the way their government works. Here in this good country, we complain about EVERYTHING and are either too frightened or too lazy to do it, and expect one person, our president, to change the world for us. Last time I checked, America was the people’s country, not the responsibility of one man or woman. It’s us who have to revolutionize the world!

 

(He grabs a nearby chair, stands on top of it)

 

We the people of the world can unite and overthrow this super power controlling our world!

 

(In a louder voice, almost yelling)

 

For the world and for the human race! Freedom and equality for all!

(He steps down from the chair slowly, fixes his suit’s cuffs. Coughs and fixes his voice)

 

Ahem!

 

(He is clasping both hands together, in front of his chest.)


So I leave you with this thought, how are you making the world a better place?

 

 

ACT 1 – Scene 2

 


(Ellen is holding her stuffed bear is lying in bed with it, while looking up at the ceiling)

ELLEN
Hey bob! You wouldn’t mind listening to my rambling right?

(Gets comfy)

Great! Listen, don’t you think life is a bit boring? It’s the same thing, day in and day out, school, home, work. There’s no purpose. I want there to be a purpose for me to get up in the morning. I want to aspire for something; I don’t want to waste my life for 7 hours a day at school thinking I’m not contributing anything to the world!  I remember in history class, our teacher was telling us about people that made changes in our history. Many of them weren’t educated to begin with, but as we went forward in history there seemed to be a system developing. Men with fancy coats or suits and an education were the ones that had power, they took the spotlight from the other people I considered heroes, or innovators in history. Like they say, history repeats itself, and those same men in fancy coats are still here today, different names, and same story. Continuing the system passed down generation from generation.

Don’t get me wrong, school and life have its fun times. I love learning; it’s society I’m mad at. I don’t like inequality, or the idea of doing something just one-way. I don’t like the fact that you need to do certain things to be noticed or taken into consideration as a being in existence in this world. Why isn’t the world equal to being with? Our president is no different than you and me. His skin is just like ours, we breathe the same air, and we walk on the same earth.

There are people in other countries where equality is being challenged. I remember learning about some American Indians losing some of their land here in Arizona... this whole discrimination thing happens even here in the US. Are indigenous people any different than you or me? I don’t think so, then why are they disrespected? Why are they considered outsiders compared to the “average citizen”? What makes them so different? Are we just jealous because they were here first? There are just some things you can’t learn in school...

 

I’m not looking to join some organization or group, I want a way, a method of being able to change the world and make it a bit fairer for those who are discriminated. I wonder if there’s anyone like that in our world. Heck, I’d join them. Better than trying to let some predictable politicians do it...

              (She falls asleep for a little while, she wakes up after a couple of seconds or so)

I’m not tired! I have to stay awake, Bob; my favorite stand up comic is going to be on in a while.

(Flips herself around in the bed)

 

I wonder how Dora feels about this. The whole inequality thing I mean. She’s been my friend since forever! Her mom brought her here when she was little, and they’ve been living in the US for a long time. There’s been a lot of talk about immigration recently, I know that her mom’s an illegal immigrant, I’d be worried if the government was trying to get rid of my mom from this piece of land I call home!

Jeez... to be put under that much pressure everyday. I’ll have to look into that more, Bob. Take note!

 

(Ellen starts pacing around her room)


Ready? AHEM! Note to self: Research some stuff about helping not only undocumented people, but people who are discriminated and do something about it!

(Jumps to her bed and starts watching TV, Points remote to TV and yawns.)


That’s all for today Bob, I’ll reflect tomorrow morning I’m tired and now, time to watch my favorite late night show.

 

Act 1 – Scene 3

 

(Subcomandante Marcos is writing in his journal, during his 2006 campaign throughout México, he is sitting down on the back of a truck, he speaks his thoughts as he writes)

MARCOS

May 3, 2006

it has been a couple of months since this campaign started, it’s been a brutal quest to find friendships and respect.

As I walk in the same territory as my adversaries, I’ve not only encountered people who might be against our ideas, but people within their system who support us.

They encourage us to bring peace to this land, which was once governed by actual people, not blinded bats seeing only power and money.

We want to bring peace not only for our indigenous brothers and sisters, but for the many different people who inhabit this place we call home.

Human discrimination has been a sin inside us for many years, like a dirty jewel, once clean and lustrous, then smudges and unable to be returned to perfection.

Many of us have been discriminated at one point in our lives.

Whether it is because we are homosexual, male, female, or we support a cause, it is our duty to unite... and stand as one.

This is why I’m on this long lasting journey.

I thirst for the feeling of synergy and justice.

I wish for the term “inequality” to disappear for every single Human being on this Earth.

I want to take the pillars that make up this capitalist world, and take it down.

Then rebuild it...with the thought of everyone in mind, and the every other person out there.

(Marcos stops writing; he looks up at the sky with longing look on his face)

 

One day...

 

Act 1 – Scene 4

 

(Javier looks out of the window in his office. There is a protest outside; he stares at the massive group of people.)

JAVIER

Look at all those people... they have no idea how dimwitted they look like. They’re acting like savages. That’s all they are, savages! They know nothing about how this world runs, and how hard it is to maintain it the way it is. Complaining won’t fix anything.

(JAVIER Walks away from the window sits in his desk)


They always come here to city hall and protest. Yelling won’t help you at all... they’re always complaining about the same thing too. They want equality or whatever fits their standards these days...

 

(Raises his voice)

 

They can’t have equality!

 

(Slams his fist on the desk; he hears the chanting going on outside, Javier calms down. Speaks in a more calm tone.)


It simply can’t be done. Not everyone can be equal... that’d take...CENTURIES!

They don’t know how much malice I have towards them... I’d take this desk and throw it right at them if I could, but that’s probably what they want me to do. It’s too much effort to satisfy these people. It’s like talking to stupid kids!

(Pauses)


Unfortunately it’s my job as mayor to keep city alive and running. The only thing standing in my way of doing that job are those people out there. They’re my problem... unfortunately. I put too much work into trying to suit their needs. It’s taking time away from my responsibilities...

They’re keeping me away from the only time I have with my kids. As much as I am the mayor to these people, I’m a parent to my children, my wife’s husband. I don’t wish to act so brutal against these people. But I have priorities. They do not understand this game we’re all playing, this game of life.


                        (Sound of door opening in the background, Javier doesn’t bother looking.)

No Sandra, I don’t want anything. I’ll be going home in a bit... thank you anyway. Why don’t you leave early today? It’s good to be at home with your family while you still can.

                           (Javier goes back to talking with himself)

They’re walking around, causing mischief, just because some people get treated differently than others. All you have to do to be part in this world is get a job and be part of the work force. Anyone who doesn’t participate in the way this world is supposed to work can go rot and die by their own means. That includes any rebels, “indigenous” people, or any other hippie out there.

                       (He keeps staring. Thunder noise in the background, it’s beginning to rain)

Oh my, it’s starting to rain. I better get going. The scene will look more violent in the rain. The weather will take care of them though. But they’ll be back the next day, and the next. There’s a never-ending feud between power and people. To be honest, one can’t live without the other, I have a responsibility for these people, not all of their demands can be met, but without them, my job is meaningless. Without them there isn’t anything for us to control, or to “dominate” as they say. We all have a good person inside us all; some of us just chose to be the way we are because of what we do.

It comes down to this raging protesters, I could care less if we both hate each other to the bone. But I look at my daughter and care so much; I hope she never has to see the tainted world we live in.

 

Act 1 – Scene 5

 

(Inez is looking at the Zapatistas; She’s holding a doll made of various cloths.)

 

INEZ

(To her doll)

Hey, do you know who those people are?

(Pauses)

I don’t have a clear answer either.
Why do they wear those masks, most importantly, why do we cheer for them?
Papa started wearing a mask like those people. They all talk about things like equality, and justice. Things Mama says I don’t understand yet.
One day I asked Mama about the men with the masks on. She told me there are people who want to change the rules of how we live by. Mama kept talking. She told me about the “government” and other words I couldn’t understand. One of them was “revolution”.
My Mama said that they want to be like a man that was in a revolution a long time ago. That man fought for people who couldn’t defend themselves and wanted things to be fair. “Zapata was his name, and this legacy he left behind are the Zapatistas” Mama said.
Are the masked men fighting for the same kind of “fair” Emiliano thought of?
Are they fighting for the same reason my friends and family are fighting for?
I’m young; I won’t understand anything for a long time, Inez, that’s what everyone tells me. But what I DO know is that when the time comes, I’ll know whether it’s worth it to put a mask on my face.

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Tyler as Subcommandante Marcos from scene 3.
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Jesus Jimenez Q3 - Artist Focus

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:47 am
For my artist focus I chose Omar Dogan. He's worked at Udon Entertainment for a long time, and he mainly focuses on realistic-cartoon type of stuff. Since Capcom (a video game software company) hires Udon for a lot of their Games' artwork the Udon crew always have something draw and that include Omar.
The reason I specifically chose Omar is for his style and colors (and because I love the art he does in some comics).

The first picture is Ibuki from the Street Fighter franchise. Omar worked on a 4 part comic book series with this character, going into details about their personal life. He did the same with two other characters from the franchise.

The second picture is a picture of my own creation, and I tried to emulate the eyes Omar does. 

A lot of the things in the drawings came out weird/wrong. The Right arm came out weird because I got lazy. On the second one, the eyes are aren't parallel and looked crooked. Anyway, I enjoyed studying Omar Dogan.

The last picture is Omar's version of Ibuki.

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Q3 Digital Video

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video - Herman on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 9:29 am
By: ​Jesús, Shelby, Briana, Samantha Boyd, Simone
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Equaltiy in our world/country

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in World History - Block on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:21 am

    We’ve all heard the phrase “Life’s not fair”, and it’s true! The same commercial to help desperate children comes up with the same 1-800 number everyday. For the small child in Africa it’s not fair. For the kid working in a sweatshop to make those clothes you’re wearing it’s not fair. For the guy waiting in-line at the store with his groceries it’s not fair. Go up to anyone in this planet and ask them what’s fair and not. Many responses you would get are insignificant, while other ones are the reason the world is the way it is.
   
    You have two kinds of people in this world that determine how it’s ran. The people with power and the people without power. And there has always been a conflict between these two since the beginning of the term “leader”. They are like your “Spy vs. Spy” and “Tom and Jerry”, everyone has seen them.

Ladies and gentlemen, here are your fighters:

    On this corner we have the stereotypical money making tycoon everyone wishes to be, the guy that owns the company that manufactured your TV, computer, phone, or ipod (or all of the above). Variants of this opponent include government officials, or anyone with the power to impact the world directly. 
    On the other corner is everybody else. By everybody I mean the electrician, the baker, the gardener, the candle stick maker (we have machines for that now), you know... everybody! Yes, you and I are in there too.
There’s an advantage to being “everybody else”... we’re not alone. Without you there’s nothing. Why do you think voting is such a big deal? The people have so much power, we don’t know it. There’s always going to be a power that is going to take advantage of our numbers and make money in his/her pocket, while we are left with the leftovers of society. We let the system classify us by the money we get from our backbreaking jobs. Low class, middle class, upper class, what is that all about? Is the person who makes 10x more money than my own father automatically a better person?
    The problem in the United States is how we run this country. I can assure you that there are countless things going on behind our backs. And they are things the people as a whole can fix. When “We the people” was written in the United States’s constitution, it was a vow to make things better as a whole country. We could go for a  social-political view like Marxism or such, that can give the people actual power in their government. Many of them are possible solutions to inequality in the world. Too many beliefs and righteousness is in jeopardy for other people for them to agree with this. All of us have to represent the equality of us all. I don’t want to be judged by the color of my skin, where I live, or how much money my parents make. I want to be judged by the things I do around me. That’s certainly not what’s happening around us. We the people of the United States of America won’t be looked as profit for others, but a representation of how a society can work as a whole, co-operating.


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Power

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video - Herman on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm
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Quarter 3 - Artwork

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 6:25 am

These drawing were different to what I'm used to drawing. I know that drawing realistically gives you a good foundation if you ever take up drawing. I'm used to drawing on the spot, I never have the patience to sit there and practice. My favorite out of all of these is my small self-portrait. It was the one that turned out the best in my opinion. I really love drawing, and it's usually something that I don't spend too much time on. I bet if I practiced, I'd be really good at it. Unfortunately, I don't spend too much time on it, and have my favorite art book and my drawing tools just gathering dust. Having to do a drawing a week made me feel rushed. I liked that we had to do these but I never really had the time to finish these at home. I think we had enough time to do them all. Something I would've done is fix the mistakes while I was drawing instead of going along with them.


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Jesus Jimenez - Marking Period 2

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:27 pm
I did this Comic to represent the 23.59% that makes up my life, video games. It's not only amazing what people do to make video games and make those little pictures of bodies move, their dedication is incredible. Anyway, I wanted to make a little tribute to video games in this comic. I intended it to have around 3 chapters, so everyone could read it and be like "I know who that is! I played with him in ____" but that didn't go as planned. In the future, I might keep working on this, it's not the end of this yet!

I started out finding "sprites" which are essentially all the frames it takes for a character to move in any pixel looking game (like Super Mario). They are 32-bit sprites, which means that they allow basically more detail. There are also 16bit and 8 bit, which are waaaayyyyyy old. I used Photoshop to get rid of picture backgrounds, and to cut and paste background and characters into pictures. It seems like it's easy, but finding the pictures and then resizing them is a lot of handwork. It's easier said than done. I used Photoshop because it naturally comes easy to me, it's not hard to use.

I've done sprite comics before, when I was a bit younger. They were bad quality and there was no definite story line in them. Now that I learned how to be a better writer (I sure hope so!), writing the story was the best part of this! I want to make a series with these and put them on a blog and update them weekly, like a page a week. I sure would like to continue this, and hopefully finish the series as I wanted to. So, that's basically it. Video games are a part of me, and although it may be silly to some it's a part that keeps me intact with my inner child. I'm not an addict though! I'm totally one of those guys that's okay with dying in a game just to text back!
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I don't want to spam this entire blog with my comic. So I uploaded a .ZIP file on Mediafire, so you guys can just download it there, unZIP it, and read! Enjoy!

WARNING: THE COMIC HAS SOMEWHAT MATURE HUMOR, AND HAS WORDS THAT SHOULDN'T BE USED IN SCHOOL! (But it's not nasty or anything... don't make that stop you from reading!)

Download Link:
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But I will post one page on here just for a little preview.

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Jesus Jimenez - Descriptive Scene

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in English 2 - Block on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 12:47 pm

Growing up, I thought being independent at a young age was bad because I felt as though my parents weren’t able to help me. Being home alone and trying to sometimes raise yourself can be difficult. I remember after finishing the homework everyone at school called “hard” during the first grade, I used to sit around in a variety of positions in my couch until I was pooped and eventually thought something else to do in my leisure time. Going to school was the only “pizzazz” thing in my life.
 As I was carrying my navy blue and red backpack through the filthy halls of my elementary school, I walked up the steps to the dull, boring classrooms that I spent my 6 ½ hours in. While going up the staircase, an evil looking boy named Talib say to me, in a very simple sentence. “You’re going to die”. That idea persisted in my head and replayed itself throughout the rest of the day. Death was beginning to be my new phobia. I can’t explain why I felt that way. Or why it scared me even if I knew that eventually we all had to encounter this mysterious event called death.
    I didn’t really know how to react to that the time. Keeping it to myself, and thinking about it over and over, time after time made me insane! “Hey are you okay?” people would ask, as I looked at them with a ditzy look in my hazel eyes which eventually turned into purple hypnotic swirls eyes of a crazy child.
    Mom and Dad were the ones who put me into psychotherapy.  All the counseling was a waste of time in my opinion. I was deeply disappointed in myself for not being able to be stable. But it made me feel better that I had someone to play board games with every Saturday. To me, whoever was on the other side of the Monopoly board, was considered a friend and that friend’s name was Rachael.  The reason I felt Rachael was a friend was because even though I knew she was pretending to care about my problems, she did it in a friendly manner. Little by little the outcome of Talib’s words was decomposing, but I never went back to school as my old social self.
There were times I talked to my parents about my problems, just like any other kid would. We understood each other completely, we also understood each other so well, that sometimes my mom would go to the crowded schoolyard and start those embarrassing talks with the teacher before class.
As I went on to higher grades in school, there were things that Talib could have said, that didn’t hurt me. It’s as my life experience helped me change to who I am today. I no longer needed mom talking to teachers because I was simply to “old” for that, even though other kids my age at that time went home crying because someone said they had a wig on.
    I knew I was a bit different, when I looked at the insanities my friends used to do, I felt responsible for any injuries. Some told me I was scared to do it because I was always the “good kid”. I was far from being a good kid, I did do little sinister things, and held malice towards people I didn’t like, but only to the people I thought that deserved it. The real reason I didn’t do those idiotic endeavors was because I knew people didn’t expect things like that from me. I kept learning in everyday life, and started to comprehend that the reason I was taught to be an independent kid, was to make up for the lack of presence of my hardworking parents. So maybe I could eventually tell the difference between righteous rightness and wicked wrongness, and avoid having to complain about why my parents cant let me do this, or that. Today, they see me as a successful experiment, they trust me with things like staying home alone for hours, and finally this year my mom trusts me 79% with the stove (because last year I opened a can of sprite with a pot of boiling water). I turned out okay, my parents only wish they could do the same with my younger and ignorant brother.

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Jesus Jimenez Language Autobiography

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in English 2 - Block on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 12:44 pm

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Language Autobiography

    I’ve never been able to hold on to that wild horse that was my identity, during grade school. Being Mexican-American gave me a good sense of pride and a certain type of secureness that my parents couldn’t provide in my young life. Identifying who I was back then was a feat that at the time was too much pressure for an second grader. Stereotypes were something that messed up my social life, leading me into conclusions about who I needed to be.
    My second grade class was filled with Cambodians, African-Americans, and many other people you would find in South Philly. I was the only Mexican that I know that attended my school at the time. And a lot of people looked at me as if I was something else, they thought I was a person who jumped a border to come to this country, the way the media presented it. The reality was, that I was the kid that lived down your block and and has been living there since living there since forever. Back at that point in time at school, we read stories about people in the huge textbooks, you know, the ones bigger than your face. And once in a while, we got to a story that had a hispanic child struggling in the Bronx. You don’t know how many times I’ve read that story, each in a different incarnation. Anyway, I’ve always compared my life to those stories, often referring to them as fiction. The other kids in the classroom always looked at me at the end of every story, having the idea in their heads that I was this hispanic boy who spoke to his abuelita in Spanglish. It wasn’t like that at all. Kids sometimes went up to me and asked me “How do you say “@#$&%” in Spanish. Of course I knew Spanish, but there was a certain feel when they asked me that. Disgust and dirtiness of telling them the word to satisfy their curiosity felt like all the bad things in Pandora’s box coming at me, but the pride and knowing something they wanted to know felt kind of like, I was better than them. I know it sounds horrible saying I’m better than someone but that’s the I way I felt then. My Mom even explained the equality of every person to me once, but sometimes her definitions don’t exactly match those of society’s.

“Hijo, ningun humano es mejor que otro” meaning “Son, no human is better than another.” is what my mother said.
It’s the truth in my opinion, but sadly I contradicted this lesson I was given... and it felt good. It had given me a huge ego and felt exactly like the time spiderman got his new suit with venom.
The whole translating words thing ended quickly, it was basically a fad. I kind of established that I was bilingual after the 10th translated word or so. Kids didn’t care anymore after a while. 
Time passed and eventually I got to Middle School, where kids start growing hair in all the wrong places and you make the dramatic change from a cubby to a locker. My motivation to do good in school was now structured from a “I want to get out of here!” feeling. People saw me as “smart” although I just figured “I’m not smart, you guys are just too lazy.”
    Middle School actually was the time where I started using Spanish more, I helped translate for my parents during parent teacher conferences, more Spanish speaking students came to our school, so I was kind of used as a resource tool to those who didn’t feel comfortable speaking English. I attracted many Latinos/Hispanics in my school community. But when they started asking to be my friend and go to their birthday parties, that became an issue with me. I personally, didn’t want to be friends with them. I didn’t like seeing myself fitting in with them, and I didn’t feel like fitting in, they were just too stereotypical. Stereotypes are something I can’t stand. Even with my hatred for stereotypes, I somehow became friends with them, unwillingly. But I managed to have a small number of these “friends”, even with that small number there still came trouble.
So one day this boy named Gustavo walks up to me,
“Jesús! Como estas guey?”
“Hey! Estoy bien... que pasa?
“Mira..” I’m not going into the whole conversation, but the point is that my group of friends want me to choose between them and my new friends I just met a couple days ago.
Anyway, then a kid named Pablo comes over and says to Gustavo...
“Guey, que le dices a mi compa?”
“I’m your compa?” I said suspiciously.
“Claro! Si tu...” Then Pablo gets “Kanyed” by Gustavo.
Again, I don’t want to go into too much detail about what they said. They insulted each other and  almost got into a fight. Over me. This whole “friendship” thing was getting out of control, the least I wanted was to get into a fight myself. I was literally like watching two kids fight over a toy. Maybe that’s what I was to them, a toy, a novelty. It was the same reason why all the kids made me do all the work in group projects, why I let kids copy from my quizzes, and why Gustavo and Pablo were fighting over me. If I was just going to be liked for being “smart”, and be used as a statistic for school or the school district, I didn’t want any part of this. I wanted to leave everything behind. My Mexican identity, my American identity, my smartness, my Spanish, everything! I was ashamed of who I was because it confused me about what I wanted for myself. If speaking a second language proved kids to be smart and get an education, and getting a GOOD education was rare for Mexican-Americans as a statistic, then I was already half way done being on either side of the scale. I couldn’t help it.

    It wasn’t until my 8th grade year where I didn’t care at all. My language and identity were something I didn’t care for anymore. I was simply just another student, and didn’t care about my grades, I just let them come naturally. I think I was covered in a veil, and it didn’t let me see how this whole identity thing works. It’s not bad and it’s not good either. It’s the in between thing that kind of classifies us where we need it. The language I spoke was a huge benefit, that I didn’t realize existed. No, it wasn’t translating slang to immature kids, it was communicating between people. It’s alright if I didn’t use it in my younger years, what mattered was that I knew that it is a part of me.
    As I progressed in my school life, I’ve gotten time to think. Now, as I write this language autobiography, it seems I went through a lot of reflection to get to where my mind is now. The Jesús Jimenez that existed in elementary and middle school changed a lot. Want to know what I think now? Well, now I think my identity isn’t what I feel like that I want to be, that comes after I’ve accomplished something that makes people recognize me for that. Spanish is part of my identity, I speak it at home, with Mrs. Hirschfield, and whenever I help my friends with spanish homework. It’s a skill that I’ve gained through interacting with my environment. It’s part of my history. Being a Mexican-American living in Philadelphia gives my life a little twist and excitement, and people aren’t sure about me and it gives me something to talk about when they get to know me. A big difference between then and now, is that I’m glad that I’m a spanish speaking Mexican. Because without that identity, I wouldn’t or couldn’t continue being me.

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Q1 Video "The adventures of Detective Clockwork"

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Digital Video - Herman on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 8:50 am

By: Martha Robles and Jesús Jimenez

Detective Clockwork
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Jesus Jimenez - Marking Period 1

Posted by Jesus Jimenez in Advanced Art - Hull on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 5:17 pm
With the aluminum sculpture I'm making, I hope to have an influence in our universe's environment. My goal for this sculpture is for it to have some kind of influence that can maybe prevent people from wanting to throw trash into space. I enjoy astronomy and love the feeling of the untouched world out there. This is the reason why I was motivated to make such art like this.

The reason why this certain sculpture could have a tiny influence, is it's design. I chose a comet because it's one of the few things that could represent space. Choosing the material isn't hard. The Aluminum represents the current trash that is in space now, unused satellites, launched by different companies. It's shiny metallic texture gives it that industrial feel to it. The "tail" of the comet is have a unique design. They look like feathers, because in most comets I've see, the tail looks similar to a feather. I tried to avoid using a streak-like design for the tail. The comet looks like its coming down and can look like it's picking up trash as it passes Earth. But it really depends on the perspective of the person looking at the sculpture.


The reason I am making this sculpture is because I don't only care about the Earth's environment, but I care for the universe's environment too. I was influenced into doing this by my ILP (Individual Learning Plan) at the Franklin Institute's Observatory. While doing this ILP, I'm learning things about the Sun, but I also remind myself of other wonderful things out there in the universe. I'm also reminded of how beautiful and pure the rest of the universe compared to our planet.


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Sketch 1 - How I could use a can
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Sketch 2 - with a description
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Sketch 3 - with a basic idea
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Sketch 4 - What I wanted it to look like
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The cut-up can aluminum I was using.
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At the start of building
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The "Tail" of the comet
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The Aluminum Comet sculpture
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